Strathfieldsaye Trio to Sharks

Doncaster lands Strathfieldsaye premiership trio ahead of 2018 Eastern Football League season

Toby Prime, Manningham Leader

January 16, 2018 11:30am

THE goldfields of Bendigo have provided Doncaster with some recruiting nuggets as the Sharks eye a historic Division 1 finals win in 2018.

Doncaster has landed Strathfieldsaye premiership players Jake Hall and Harry Conway from the Bendigo league powerhouse.

The pair both played in the Storm’s grand final victory over Eaglehawk in 2017, while Tom Bartholomew, who played in Strathfieldsaye’s 2014 and 2015 premierships, has also put pen to paper at Schramms Reserve.

“A few of these boys we started talking to a few years ago and they were into what we were all about and this year it has all accumulated that one knows another and one led to another,” Doncaster coach Andrew Tranquilli said.

Former Wangaratta Rovers captain and multiple club best and fairest winner Tyson Hartwig will also bolster the Doncaster backline after spending the past two seasons at Essendon District club Essendon Doutta Stars.